Help kids fill their own heads with weird ideas

February 7, 2016 R. Wolf Baldassarro 0

For those that do not know, Second Story is a charity in Indianapolis that promotes literacy and helps kids to have Second Story is a community-based and volunteer-driven educational organization that helps young people in Indianapolis form positive attitudes about writing and improve their skills as writers—thus increasing their chances of […]

Banned Books Awareness: “Tropic of Cancer”

May 18, 2014 R. Wolf Baldassarro 8

Henry Miller is one of the most important literary figures in American history, but most people don’t even know his name. His was a true underdog story: a creative and challenging author who influenced such literary and pop culture icons as Jack Kerouac, Norman Mailer, Phillip Roth, Paul Theroux, Erica […]

Banned Books Awareness: “Bare-Faced Messiah”

March 30, 2014 R. Wolf Baldassarro 3

Scientologists have kept a book out of American stores for 27-years because it alleges that L. Ron Hubbard was a racist and a fantasist with a penchant for bizarre sexual rituals; but it is finally getting published. Written by British journalist Russell Miller, it was finished the year after Hubbard’s […]